Hello poster, vinegar was invented by Heita, the son of the ancient brewing master Du Kang. After Heita learned the brewing technology, he thought it would be a pity to throw away the lees, so he accidentally turned into "vinegar" . The famous vinegars in my country include Shanxi mature vinegar, Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar, Baoning vinegar and red yeast rice vinegar. Drinking vinegar regularly can eliminate fatigue and soften blood vessels. China's Four Famous Vinegars In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Shanxi mature vinegar, Zhenjiang fragrant vinegar, Fujian red yeast rice vinegar and "Baoning vinegar" are listed as the "Four Famous Vinegars" that have been passed down to this day in the Qing Dynasty. 1: Shanxi Mature Vinegar: Mature vinegar is produced in Qingxu County and is the first of the four famous vinegars in my country. Aged vinegar is black and purple in color and has a long aftertaste of "soft, sour, sweet and mellow". 2: Zhenjiang Balsamic Vinegar is one of the four famous vinegars with its characteristics of "sour but not astringent, fragrant but slightly sweet, strong color and fresh taste, and the longer it is stored, the mellower it becomes". 3: "Baoning Vinegar" has a history of nearly 400 years and is one of the four famous vinegars in China. However, among the four famous vinegars in China, the production scale and economic benefits of "Baoning Vinegar" are far behind. 4: Quanzhou Yongchun old vinegar is derived from the historically famous Fujian red yeast rice vinegar. Shanxi Mature Vinegar Shanxi people are good at making vinegar and love to be jealous, so they are known as "Lao Xi'er". In ancient times, vinegar was called fermented wine, the person who made vinegar was called "醯人", and the fermented wine brewed with vinegar was called "老醯". In the "Jijiupian" written by Shi You of the Han Dynasty, there is a saying of "Wutika, Salt, Black Bean, Fermented Sauce Sauce", in which "饯" and "酢" both refer to vinegar. Therefore, being jealous is not called jealousy, but "eating". Due to the special contribution of Shanxi people to vinegar-making technology, coupled with the fact that Shanxi people are addicted to vinegar, and the coincidence that "醯" has the same pronunciation as the word "西" in Shanxi, people from other provinces respectfully call Shanxi people "Shanxi Lao Xi". Shanxi people have a deep relationship with vinegar, and the history of making vinegar in Shanxi is about 4,000 years old. Qingxu is the authentic birthplace of Shanxi mature vinegar and the birthplace of Chinese vinegar. Its vinegar-making history dates back more than 4,000 years. According to legend, after Emperor Yao made his capital Yao (now Yaocheng Village, Xu County, Qing Dynasty), he picked auspicious grass "pods" to brew bitter wine. The bitter wine mentioned here is vinegar, the earliest acidic condiment of mankind. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, the glutinous rice making workshops in Jinyang, Bingzhou, became increasingly prosperous. From the private sector to the government, making glutinous rice paste became a major hobby in people's lives. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shanxi's vinegar-making skills became increasingly sophisticated. Along with the migration of Shanxi people and the footprints of Shanxi merchants, Shanxi's vinegar-making technology and vinegar customs were brought to both inside and outside the Great Wall, north and south of the Yangtze River. It is an important media that makes Shanxi famous all over the world. Over the years, Shanxi mature vinegar has gone through thousands of years of ups and downs, and its flavor has become stronger and its reputation has become more prosperous. Today, Shanxi Shuita Old Mature Vinegar Co., Ltd. has become a leader in the Shanxi vinegar industry. The group has developed into the largest high-quality series vinegar production base in the country. It owns the "Shuita" trademark, the first brand in the Chinese vinegar industry, and has become the "Vinegar Capital of China" . According to legend, in the 19th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Yang Yu, an official from Wujin County, Jiangsu Province, and his family came to Taiyuan Prefecture with the King of Jin at the age of 3,000. Soon after, he was ordered to collect public grain in the Yangfangkou area (now Yangfang Village). Yang Yu came to At Yangfangkou, I saw that the Fenxiao River flows side by side but does not merge. Yangfangkou is sandwiched between them. It is like "two dragons playing with a pearl", so I decided: "This is a treasure land." Then he moved his family to settle in Yangfangkou, and asked his son Yang Shu to set up a vinegar shop for the food of the Jin Dynasty. Due to Yang Shu's skillful management and the protection of the government, within a few years, the vinegar shop had a prosperous business and a lot of money. From then on, Yangfang Village was known as the "Treasure Land for Brewing Vinegar". By the Qing Dynasty, dozens of well-known vinegar-making workshops had appeared in Yangfang Village. The Longwang Temple well was also famous for the legend of "White Snake Drinking Water". According to legend, during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, one morning when the rooster crowed, a boy from the "Shuntai Hao" vinegar shop went to the Longwang Temple well to fetch water. He saw a white snake, several feet long and as thick as a bucket, with its tail curled around the drum tower pillar and its head sticking out of the well. In the canal, he is busy drinking water. The young boy was frightened and ran away, and told the shopkeeper. After hearing this, the shopkeeper was overjoyed and said, "The white snake is the Dragon God. If you drink water from a well with us, you will become rich soon." So the shopkeeper steamed five "lotus flowers" with his own hands and went to the Dragon King Temple to worship them. Later, "Shuntai Hao" really became prosperous. Since then, the legend has become more and more popular, and the well water of Longwang Temple has become famous, and the vinegar shop has also prospered.

Du Kang and his son gave this seasoned wine to their neighbors to taste, and the neighbors kept saying it tasted good. Soon, neighbors from far and near came to buy it. The vinegar was sold in Zhenjiang City, and spread out of Zhenjiang City. Famous everywhere. Later, Zhenjiang people discovered that vinegar would not deteriorate after being stored for a long time. On the contrary, the longer it was stored, the more mellow the flavor would be. "Basic vinegar never goes bad" has become a major feature of Zhenjiang vinegar. Vinegar is not only a good seasoning in our lives, but also has many other functions. The main functions are: 1. Vinegar can eliminate fatigue. Drinking vinegar in an appropriate amount can effectively eliminate fatigue, especially health-care vinegar. 2. Vinegar can adjust the acid-base balance of blood. 3. Vinegar can help digestion and absorption. It can help people absorb calcium effectively. 4. The effect of vinegar can prevent aging. 5. Vinegar can enhance the bactericidal ability of the gastrointestinal tract. 6. The effect of vinegar can enhance liver function. 7. Vinegar can dilate blood vessels and prevent cardiovascular disease and diabetes. 8. The effect of vinegar can enhance kidney function. 9. Vinegar can be used for beauty and skin care. (This is because the main component of vinegar is acetic acid, which has a strong bactericidal effect and can protect the skin and hair very well. Washing the skin with vinegar-added water can help the skin absorb some much-needed nutrients. It can soften the skin and enhance skin vitality.) 10. Vinegar can prevent cancer. A joint research team of Kanazawa Medical University and Kyoto University in Japan recently confirmed through mouse experiments that black vinegar made from brown rice has anti-cancer effects. . If vinegar can be used well, there will be some unexpected effects: 1. Vinegar can also treat insomnia - insomnia patients can pour a cup of cold water before going to bed, then add 1 spoonful of vinegar, and they will fall asleep quickly after drinking it. Rubbing the soles of your feet with warm old vinegar before going to bed will also make it easier for you to fall asleep. 2. Vinegar can treat sprains - mix flour and cook it into a paste, add an appropriate amount of mature vinegar, apply it on paper or gauze, and stick it to the affected area. After it dries, gently uncover it and replace it with another piece. Applying it several times in this way can eliminate the burning sensation and pain in the sprained area. This method is effective for bone and joint dislocations, falls and other trauma. 3. Vinegar can treat rhinitis - put about 5 ml of mature vinegar into a 1000 ml washer to clean the nasal cavity, and wash it twice a day to treat rhinitis. 4. Vinegar can treat numb feet - heat 1 liter of old vinegar and pour it into a bucket, then soak both feet for 20 minutes each time. After soaking in this way for 4 to 5 times, the numbness symptoms can be relieved. 5. Vinegar can treat burns - based on the principle of acid-base neutralization, vinegar is made into a 5-degree solution to wash burns, especially for lime burns. Or applying gauze soaked in vinegar to the burned area can also be effective. 6. Vinegar can treat coughs - soak garlic in mature vinegar for 15 days, eat 1 to 2 cloves of garlic on an empty stomach every morning, and drink some vinegar juice. Taking it for 10 to 15 days can relieve coughs, asthma and detoxification. Disperse stasis, lower blood pressure and lipids, and prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases and tumors in the elderly. 7. Vinegar can treat high blood pressure - soak 500 grams of coated peanuts in mature vinegar for more than 7 days, stir once a day, chew 3 to 5 pills every night before going to bed, and take it for 7 days to relieve arteriosclerosis. 8. Vinegar can beautify the skin - soak 250 grams of coix seed in 500 ml of mature vinegar, seal it for 10 days and then use it. Taking a spoonful of vinegar solution every day can make the skin fair and tender, and reduce pigmentation. 9. Vinegar can treat gastritis - wash 100 grams of ginger and cut into thin strips, seal it in 250 ml of mature vinegar for 3 days, and take 10 ml on an empty stomach every morning to treat chronic gastritis. 10. Vinegar can prevent motion sickness. For those who are prone to motion sickness, drinking a glass of warm water with mature vinegar before departure will make you feel comfortable for a long time. 11. The role of vinegar can relieve fatigue - when you are tired from traveling, adding a little old vinegar to the bath water can make your skin smooth, relax your muscles, and relieve fatigue. 12. Vinegar can stop bleeding - plugging the nostrils with cotton dipped in old vinegar can stop nosebleeds. 13. Vinegar can prevent influenza - "flu" season.

Fumigating the room with vinegar can disinfect the air and prevent colds; decoction with old vinegar and salt can also stop vomiting and diarrhea. 14. Vinegar can cure arthritis - mix mature vinegar, wheat bran, and iron sand in a certain proportion and put them into a gauze belt. Use heated new bricks on the gauze belt to iron the affected area or related acupoints. , can treat arthritis, bone hyperplasia, etc. 15. Vinegar can cure mumps - add a little lime to aged vinegar and mix well and apply it to the affected area to cure mumps. 16. Vinegar can treat dermatitis - apply mature vinegar to the affected area three times a day to treat neurodermatitis. 17. Vinegar can reduce swelling - for bruises, bruises, redness and swelling (not broken or damaged muscles and bones), apply warm mature vinegar to the affected area three times a day to reduce swelling and blood stasis. However, jealousy should be cautious or contraindicated when the following conditions exist: 1. People who are taking certain Western medicines should not be jealous. Because acetic acid can change the pH of the local environment in the human body, making certain drugs unable to work. Sulfa drugs can easily form crystals in the kidneys in an acidic environment and damage the renal tubules. Therefore, it is not advisable to be jealous when taking such drugs. It is not advisable to be jealous when taking alkaline medicines such as sodium bicarbonate, magnesium oxide, and Weishuping, because acetic acid can neutralize the alkaline medicines and render them ineffective. When using antibiotics such as gentamicin, kanamycin, streptomycin, and erythromycin, it is not advisable to be jealous, because the effect of these antibiotics will be reduced in an acidic environment, affecting the efficacy of the medicine. 2. It is not advisable to be jealous when taking traditional Chinese medicine that “relieves symptoms and induces sweating”. Because vinegar has astringent properties, Chinese medicine believes that acid can be astringent. When combined with traditional Chinese medicines such as Compound Yinqiao Tablets to relieve sweating, vinegar will promote the contraction of human sweat pores and destroy effective alkaloids in traditional Chinese medicines. ingredients, thereby interfering with the sweating and relieving effects of traditional Chinese medicine. 3. Patients with gastric ulcer and hyperacidity should not consume vinegar. Because vinegar will not only corrode the gastrointestinal mucosa and aggravate the development of ulcers, but also vinegar itself is rich in organic acids, which can cause the digestive organs to secrete a large amount of digestive juice, thus increasing the digestive function of gastric acid to prevent increased gastric acid and aggravation of ulcers. 4. People who are allergic to vinegar and those with low blood pressure should avoid using it. Vinegar can cause allergies in the body, leading to symptoms such as rash, itching, edema, and asthma. In addition, some people who are not accustomed to vinegar should consume it with caution. Patients with hypotension who consume vinegar will lower their blood pressure, causing headaches, dizziness, general weakness and other adverse reactions. 5. Elderly people should avoid being jealous during fracture treatment and recovery. Because vinegar can soften and decalcify bones and destroy the dynamic balance of calcium in the human body, it can promote and aggravate osteoporosis, making injured limbs sore and painful. , the fracture has not healed for a long time. [Edit this paragraph] Types of vinegar 1. Brown rice vinegar is made from brown rice before bleaching. It contains amino acids and is delicious. You can add honey or juice to drink. 2. Glutinous rice vinegar is purely naturally brewed and contains nutrients such as amino acids, vitamins, acetic acid and organic acids. It has a sweet taste and has health effects. 3. Rice vinegar is made from white rice; however, it does not contain many organic acids, minerals and other ingredients, and the taste is not sweet enough. 4. Fruit vinegar: Apple cider vinegar is rich in mineral potassium and is effective against high blood pressure. There is also grape vinegar. 5. Alcohol vinegar is made from potato starch and fermented with alcohol. It contains distilled ethyl alcohol; but it lacks organic acids and vitamin B that are beneficial to the body. The above are all natural brewed vinegars. There are many varieties of vinegar on the market, so please pay more attention when purchasing